"brier" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "briers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "briar"
        }
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "brierberry"
        },
        {
          "word": "briered"
        },
        {
          "word": "briery"
        },
        {
          "word": "greenbrier"
        },
        {
          "word": "sweetbrier"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter V, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 118:",
          "text": "Adeline thought little about it at the time; but often—oh! how often—did her memory dwell upon those accents, and recal that beloved voice, when after-events came thickening like briers in her path of life.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of briar"
      ],
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  "word": "brier"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "brierberry"
    },
    {
      "word": "briered"
    },
    {
      "word": "briery"
    },
    {
      "word": "greenbrier"
    },
    {
      "word": "sweetbrier"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter V, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 118:",
          "text": "Adeline thought little about it at the time; but often—oh! how often—did her memory dwell upon those accents, and recal that beloved voice, when after-events came thickening like briers in her path of life.",
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  "word": "brier"
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